Currently I am a research fellow at Nanoscience Laboratory.

I was born in Rovereto (Trento - Italy) the 18/06/76.
I earned my upper secondary education diploma at the Mining Technical Institute "U. Follador" (ISCED classification: 3B).
Later on I studied Material Science at the University of Padova where I had got Laurea Degree (M.Sc., ISCED classification: 5A) with the maximum grade ("summa cum laude").
My scientific background focus on dielectric functional materials synthesis and characterization. I become familiar with most common spectroscopic methods (UV-vis_(FT)IR, photoluminescence, Raman, NMR, SIMS, x-ray diffraction) and even more complex technique (as Rutheford Backscattering). During last year of M.Sc. I specialized on composite and ceramics dielectrics. The experimental work of my final thesis was carried out at the Department of Physics of the University of Trento, under supervision of Prof. L. Pavesi and A. Carnera. The thesis concerned the development of an electrochemical etching to fabricate silicon meso- and micro-structures.
In 2000 I join the Nanoscience Laboratory where I obtained my PhD in Physics (2004). PhD work required the development of all the steps to fabricate functional photonic crystals (PC) structures: from modeling, to fabrication, impregnation with active material and, finally, characterization (both structural and optical). During the PhD I work on few side-activities that allow me to become familiar with sol-gel synthesis, scanning probe equipment (both AMF and SNOM), e-beam lithography and CMOS microfabrication facilities at FBK.
In 2003 - 2005, I worked as assistant professor at Engineering Faculty of the University of Trento (General Physics - Mechanics), tenured by Prof. G. Mariotto. More recently (2010) I teached a course module on Photovoltaics at the 2nd level professional master "Nano-Micro"